The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1887-11-29

lying! loose upon the horses neck,--the
fox was again started. IA manrllinga a
great raw -boned hack dashed, forward
from behind Gray sBess, with u SSloitdY
Whoop, SO close that. he 5gtazsd the,
mares flank In passing. The teTltled
animal sweryed round, plunged and
then set or at fearful speed toward a
low hedge, easy enough in itself to
overleap, but which, by reason Of q
sudden dip in the ground upon the
further aide was rendered such aA Jump
as no hunter In his Senses Would ever
care to attempt. Quickly Walter re-
gained, possession OF, the rejns, but 1t
was too, late to. avoid the Inevitable
plumge.F Gray Bess took the fence like
y bird, but even she could not bridge,
the ditch below. Down they both came
with sickening thud-th mare strik-
Ing Walter as they fell and partially
rolling over him. *
Helpers rushed to his aid from. all
sides. y But man and beastl-one con--
fused heap : lay silent and motion.
less. a.. l5s,,
, iMarcja uttered no cry, but hers great
dark eyes distended With horror, her
lips paled with 81 teErible fear. Z
us 'lt-can it--be w Walter?" she
whispered gasping at,last. "Ohl he is
--he must be--killed! Oh. Alisonl'
crashing my. hand fercely, "last night
l was so cold, 80 hard, and now, now,
he will never, never knoWlp 5
With aegesture Of despair she flung
aside the hand sho had. taken, turned
and began .hurrledly to descend the
knoll, T.followed her. silent anl per-
picked, uncertain what to do OF. say. SO
doing, what proved best and kindest.
nothing.
When looked at her again she had
quite recovered her seli-possesslon. But
| had caught a glimpse Of; the nre be-
meath the Ice. and never Afterwards
misjudged her.
e It Yasia whito' face. however, that
she bent upon little Teddy Boltoh,who.
with good -natured; assidnity, had rid
den up to relieve, as far rs possible,
the anxiety,we must naturally be feel
ing. 4,
"lle came u nasty cropper, there's no
denying,' 2het said, speaking sas lightly
rs heEoohld %'andSthat idiot OF a,fellow,
jones, who started the mare, deserves
a llorsewliipping for his stupidity Bat
Drew'swonderfully little hurt, i do as
sure you, Miss Fame. 'Pon honor lie
isl They were helping him to mount.
as Leans off = not Gray Bess, though"
lie lnterpolated sotto voice; II IN, afraid
she, poor brute, is done for--ald
heard him talking. so he must be sensi-
BILE. Luckily. DR.. Hackett was 'out'
to-day. He's taking Drew to Farmer
Watson's just to, make sure.a about his
bones more professional. you know
and all that. But. indeed, yoil needn' t
alarm yourselves, he'll be all right af-
ter a bit.''
Then the best thing wescan;do.s sMr.
Bolton" Marcia answered, In voice
which had regained its wonted even
tones, sis to return TO Callerhowe at
once, and 30 prevent any unnecessary
shock to Mrs. Drew, by aoqualnting
her with the real amount of injury
which the accident has entailed Than K
you very much for fastening SO kindly,
to lessen our suspense" =
The look of blank amaz ,ment on
guilelessl Teddy's Face as we drove
away was sOmethinga,to TO remember. AT,
any other timeI should have laughed.
us she snow or marblep" he asked
me. that night al dinner, casting a
fnrtiye glance at Marcia, who was sea-
ted, we'll &out Sef hearing Son this oppo :.
side Of thet table. "Why, 7 fanced she
had been s.-l mean, understood
there was some attachment between her
and Drew. 4 mad light, Of, things for,
that very reason. IL wasSs a fearful,
spill, you 1ktfoW, really Ia regular
touchand}} g0St 4 f it had been any one
else, noWl@s13ut1 Walter was always
lucky, = .5,:s .js5s. s
HHes certainly was to-day, I obs
served sRuddepihg at the ssuggested,.yis.t
ionofthe ''gfi6f MI bltt;have BEEN &
"Iti was tlie3ssyerS qdeerest thing i
ever saw, too.'' continued Teddy,
warming up to his subject; "for when
they ID helped him up hejustlspoke and
acted, answered questions. mounted :.
with some assistance, Of course --as,
obealently as achild, or'as lf he were
all right and square. Ddcres--you
know Dacres OF 'ours'p 'Bandbox Da-
.cres we call him, because he always
looks as IL he'd been kept wrapped UP
in lavender, you seea-well Dacres saw
a front tooth had been knocked out In
the fall, .so$lie just put 1t back into It's
place as neatly as could be, and told
the doctor to keep his eye on it. Must
be tidy, fors,'tialhls mature to- And /
hear they've fixed 1T In with sticking
plaster and silver wire, aanG !t'llbs as
flrm asia trivlt after a bit"
t'It.was fortunate sthat Captain Dl.
cres was at hand,p ~ l said, smiling.
WASN'T it, MOVIE That's what re-
narkedS' went 9on Teddy briskly.
"But. as I was telling you, they got